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Banking / News

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Banking / News

23rd Jun 26, 5:00am

Fintech Revolut launches business platform for New Zealand SMEs aiming for 'north of 50,000' business customers over the next five years

Business / News

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Business / News

National eyes consultation with employers & employees about KiwiSaver & total remuneration packages

22nd Jun 26, 6:28pm

by Mandy Te

Nicola Willis says National recognises its proposed KiwiSaver changes have implications for total remuneration packages and wants to consult with employers and employees

Economy / News

What happened Monday

22nd Jun 26, 3:59pm

by David Chaston

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; FHBs caught in some key cities, eyes on R/E agents, tourists drive credit card activity, waiting for bird flu to arrive, swaps stable, NZX stable, NZD softish, & more

Property / Analysis

Property / Analysis

Housing remains unaffordable for typical first home buyers in Auckland, Tauranga, Kapiti and Queenstown

22nd Jun 26, 1:47pm

by Greg Ninness

Prospective first home buyers in Auckland, Tauranga and Kapiti are caught between not being able to scrape together a 20% deposit and being unable to afford the repayments on a low equity loan

Rural News / Opinion

Rural News / Opinion

Synlait faces a challenging and confusing future

22nd Jun 26, 1:37pm

by Keith Woodford

Synlait is in critical financial trouble with big consequences of past strategic and operational disasters, says Keith Woodford

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Public Policy / News

Public Policy / News

Labour's Barbara Edmonds says party is committed to one tax policy - its own

22nd Jun 26, 3:44pm

by Mandy Te

Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds says the only tax policy Labour will campaign on is its capital gains tax

Public Policy / Opinion

Public Policy / Opinion

Breaking the golden rule

22nd Jun 26, 3:36pm

by Brian Easton

Brian Easton asks if you were a bank manager, would you look kindly on a client with a savings record like New Zealand?

Public Policy / Opinion

Heading for the bathtub

22nd Jun 26, 9:32am

by Chris Trotter

When a nation’s protective shell of institutions is being ripped away, its only concern is finding a safe place to hide

Business / Analysis

Business / Analysis

Te wiki o te tāke - Addressing some rough edges in middle-age

22nd Jun 26, 9:34am

by Terry Baucher

The New Zealand Tax Podcast. Are FIF investors wealthy? Inland Revenue's major consultation on GST. And Ford loses its transfer pricing battle with Inland Revenue

Personal Finance / Opinion

If you have been thinking about it, now's good

22nd Jun 26, 9:06am

David Chaston

Public Policy / Opinion

Why the Victorian state election will be watched closely across Australia

22nd Jun 26, 12:04pm

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Investing / News

Daily NZX update, Monday, June 22, 2026

22nd Jun 26, 3:00pm

Luron Iosefa

Currencies / Opinion

Latest US dollar gains will be short lived if inflation reverses

22nd Jun 26, 8:00am

Roger J Kerr

Green Party co-leaders Chlöe Swarbrick and Marama Davidson.

Public Policy / News

‘The big rip-off ends here’: Greens say, as tax policy targets big tech, big banks & 'the super rich'

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21st Jun 26, 11:46am

Mandy Te

Economy / News

Breakfast briefing: Trump 'schooled' by Iran in diplomatic negotiation

22nd Jun 26, 7:19am

David Chaston

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Personal Finance / Analysis

Westpac cuts some longer-term fixed mortgage rates

18th Jun 26, 3:49pm

David Chaston

The Red Bank heaps competitive pressure on ANZ by cutting some longer carded fixed rates, after ANZ raised all its fixed rates in early June

Public Policy / News

Public Service Commissioner of New Zealand Brian Roche.

Inside NZ's 'once in 40 year opportunity to redesign and reinvent' the public service

18th Jun 26, 5:51pm

Anna Whyte

Inside the 'once in 40 year opportunity to redesign and reinvent' the public service

Property / Analysis

Big increase in the number of vendors taking their properties off the market in May

16th Jun 26, 10:01am

Greg Ninness

Vendors taking their properties off the market helped push down the volume of unsold housing stock in May

Economy / News

Household spending on dining out and other entertainment 'weakest since 1991'

17th Jun 26, 11:59am

Ella Somers

Westpac-McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence Index shows consumer confidence in the June quarter dropped to the lowest level since 2023 due to the Middle East conflict, fuel and living costs

Banking / News

'Australia no longer able to bank on the positive wealth effect from financialisation of the abode'

19th Jun 26, 9:27am

Gareth Vaughan

Jarden analysts see a sea-change for the Aussie parents of NZ's major banks, with tax changes ending 'rivers of gold' from housing lending and bringing dividend payout ratios into question

Public Policy / Opinion

Is the cost of NZ Super a crisis, a non-issue, or somewhere in between?

19th Jun 26, 11:04am

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Patrick Nolan says the steady compounding pressure of more NZ Super claimants per active worker needs to be addressed. Who pays more, how soon, and what other public services need to be adjusted?

Property / News